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From the Sluggain dated 6 Oct 1865

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6 Oct 1865

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A watercolour showing a view of a Highland landscape from the Meall an t-Slugain. Sloping hills are shown in the foreground, with further hills shown behind. Inscribed below mounted sheet: From the Sluggain [sic] Oct: 6 - 1865. While staying at Balmoral Queen Victoria made many expeditions to local beauty spots. On 6 October 1865 the Queen rode up Meall an t-Slugain with four of her younger children. In her journal entry of that day, Queen Victoria describes how on arriving at the top, they "sat down to sketch, but most unsuccessfully".
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour', 'pencil, watercolour'